Table 2.
Sociodemographic and WASH characteristics
| Variables | % of Children (n=7,019) |
|---|---|
| High-risk WASH practices | |
| Drinking unsafe water | 6.13 |
| Open defecation | 11.13 |
| Absence of handwashing place | 56.95 |
| Water collection time ≥ 30 min | 41.30 |
| Two-week prevalence of diarrhea | 24.08 |
| WASH Resource Index | |
| WASH poorest | 6.11 |
| WASH poorer | 38.60 |
| WASH middle | 26.18 |
| WASH richer | 19.61 |
| WASH richest | 9.50 |
| Wealth quintiles | |
| Poorest | 23.13 |
| Poorer | 23.17 |
| Middle | 20.39 |
| Richer | 17.93 |
| Richest | 15.38 |
| Region | |
| Kampala | 5.86 |
| Central 1 | 9.69 |
| Central 2 | 10.42 |
| East Central | 11.25 |
| Eastern | 17.02 |
| North | 9.18 |
| Karamoja | 3.82 |
| West-Nile | 5.90 |
| Western | 14.64 |
| Southwest | 12.21 |
| Type of residence | |
| Urban | 14.06 |
| Rural | 85.94 |
| Maternal education | |
| No education | 14.42 |
| At least some primary | 63.61 |
| At least some secondary | 18.36 |
| Higher | 3.61 |
| Age of children | |
| Less than 12 months | 22.09 |
| 12–23 months | 19.99 |
| 24–35 months | 20.14 |
| 36–47 months | 19.32 |
| 48–59 months | 18.47 |
| Sex of children | |
| Male | 49.88 |
| Female | 50.12 |
WASH, water, sanitation, and hygiene.